Group Storytime:
*Below is a very short description of what I did for an off-site storytime for a group, which went wonderfully! I am visiting them once a week, on Monday mornings.
Opening: Big Books
Book: Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues (With puppets)
Flannel: Five Cozy Blankets
Credit: Flannel Board Fun
Book: Noisy Night
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep
*The group loved everything, which was a wonderful thing! I might try to add just a bit more for next week, we'll see how it goes!
Preschool Storytime:
*For preschool storytime, I had a group storytime at 9:30, before my regular storytime at 10:30
Opening: Big Books
Book: Don’t Blink!
*This is a brand new book, and it was adorable!
All through the book, you can't blink! If you do,
you must turn the page! The kids told me right
away how many times I blinked. I was pleasantly
surprised how much the kids enjoyed this book,
it was so much fun.
All through the book, you can't blink! If you do,
you must turn the page! The kids told me right
away how many times I blinked. I was pleasantly
surprised how much the kids enjoyed this book,
it was so much fun.
Flannel: Five Cozy Blankets
5 cozy blankets with patterns galore,
1 covered Rabbit and then there were four.
4 cozy blankets as snuggly as can be,
1 covered Raccoon and then there were three.
3 cozy blankets with dots red and blue,
1 covered Fox and then there were two.
2 cozy blankets made just for fun,
1 covered Bear and then there was one.
1 cozy blanket left out in the sun,
It covered Owl and then there were none.
*The kids went crazy telling me which animal to cover up with the blanket! I had to be silly and try covering up the heads of the animals too, but of course, that wasn't right. Silly me!
Credit: Flannel Board Fun
Book: Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues
*Pete the Cat is a classic, and the kids thoroughly
enjoyed making all the animals in this bedtime romp.
enjoyed making all the animals in this bedtime romp.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Book: Good Night Owl
*I love this book, and I highly recommend you
checking it out if you've never read it.
Owl can't find the source of the squeak inside his
house, but it's mouse! I had forgotten to ask my
volunteer to pop up the mouse puppet behind me,
but thankfully she did anyway! The kids screamed
and yelled at me to turn around to catch that silly
mouse, but I never did see
that mouse until after I finished reading my book.
checking it out if you've never read it.
Owl can't find the source of the squeak inside his
house, but it's mouse! I had forgotten to ask my
volunteer to pop up the mouse puppet behind me,
but thankfully she did anyway! The kids screamed
and yelled at me to turn around to catch that silly
mouse, but I never did see
that mouse until after I finished reading my book.
Fingerplay: Four Little Stars
Four little stars winking at me, one shot off, then
there were three.
there were three.
Three little stars with nothing to do, one shot off,
then there were two.
then there were two.
Two little stars afraid of the sun, one shot off, then
there was one.
there was one.
One little star, alone is no fun, it show off, then there
was none.
was none.
(From Book: Storytime Magic)
*I only used the last two lines of the fingerplay above. What I did was place two stars on my
flannelboard and had the kids hold up their hands
and have them make them twinkle like stars.
After I said the line and took my star off the
flannelboard, I then threw out little paper stars onto
the kids. This represented the stars taking off! The
kids went crazy! Anytime I make things rain down
onto the kids they absolutely love it!
flannelboard and had the kids hold up their hands
and have them make them twinkle like stars.
After I said the line and took my star off the
flannelboard, I then threw out little paper stars onto
the kids. This represented the stars taking off! The
kids went crazy! Anytime I make things rain down
onto the kids they absolutely love it!
For our craft today, we decided to make a bed with
teddy bears in it! We wanted this to look like the
song "Six in the Bed". We sent this home since we
usually have bigger crowds in the summertime
and don't have enough space to set up tables for
crafts like we do during the year.
teddy bears in it! We wanted this to look like the
song "Six in the Bed". We sent this home since we
usually have bigger crowds in the summertime
and don't have enough space to set up tables for
crafts like we do during the year.
Since I like to be silly for the kids, here I am in my
PJ's!
Extra Books:
Time for Two’s Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Sheep Go To Sleep!
*This is one of my favorite books to read to the two's, and they seemed to love seeing the sheep on the flannelboard. Why? Because I made five sheep, that on one side were asleep, and on the other side were awake. My volunteer would flip them over as they went to sleep as I was reading the book.
*This is one of my favorite books to read to the two's, and they seemed to love seeing the sheep on the flannelboard. Why? Because I made five sheep, that on one side were asleep, and on the other side were awake. My volunteer would flip them over as they went to sleep as I was reading the book.
Flannel: Five Cozy Blankets
Credit: Flannel Board Fun
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep
*The two's love hunting for items, and this we looked for sheep!
Credit: Kids Blog
*The two's love hunting for items, and this we looked for sheep!
Credit: Kids Blog
Book: Nighty-Nite, Little Green Monster
*The two's were just spellbound by the little green monster appearing and disappearing again right before their eyes. I love using Ed Emberley's books, they never fail to amaze!
*The two's were just spellbound by the little green monster appearing and disappearing again right before their eyes. I love using Ed Emberley's books, they never fail to amaze!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Fingerplay: Four Little Stars
Four little stars winking at me, one shot off, then there were three.
Three little stars with nothing to do, one shot off, then there were two.
Two little stars afraid of the sun, one shot off, then there was one.
One little star, alone is no fun, it show off, then there was none.
(From Book: Storytime Magic)
*I only used the last two lines of the fingerplay above. What I did was place two stars on my flannelboard and had the kids hold up their hands and have them make them twinkle like stars. After I said the line and took my star off the flannelboard, I then threw out little paper stars onto the kids. This represented the stars taking off! The kids went crazy! Anytime I make things rain down onto the kids they absolutely love it!
For our craft today, we decided to make a bed with
teddy bears in it! We wanted this to look like the
song "Six in the Bed". We sent this home since we
usually have bigger crowds in the summertime
and don't have enough space to set up tables for
crafts like we do during the year.
For our craft today, we decided to make a bed with
teddy bears in it! We wanted this to look like the
song "Six in the Bed". We sent this home since we
usually have bigger crowds in the summertime
and don't have enough space to set up tables for
crafts like we do during the year.
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